| 100% | NYALA | 5 | Southern African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along the length of its back and neck |
| 34% | MANE | 4 | Hair on the back of a donkey's neck |
| 34% | BASELINE | 8 | White mark along the back of a tennis court |
| 34% | BONTEBOK | 8 | Antelope of southern Africa with a deep reddish-brown coat and a white tail, blaze and rump patch |
| 33% | WOODPIGEON | 10 | Common bird of the UK with mainly grey plumage and a white neck patch |
| 32% | HEDGEHOG | 8 | Small nocturnal mammal with a protective covering of spines along the back |
| 31% | EERIE | 5 | Like a coincidence that raises the hair on the back of your neck |
| 30% | BOFA | 4 | Financial institution with a stylized version of the Stars and Stripes in its logo, for short |
| 30% | BLESBOK | 7 | Antelope of southern Africa with a deep reddish-brown coat and lyre-shaped horns |
| 30% | FULL | 4 | With 66-Across, back to the beginning ... or a description of 21- and 48-Down? |
| 29% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MANES | 5 | Hair along the back of ponies' heads |
| 29% | PORBEAGLE | 9 | Fast mackerel shark with a white area on the back of the dorsal fin |
| 29% | CAIRO | 5 | African capital with a City of the Dead |
| 29% | PTERODACTYL | 11 | Extinct flying reptile of the late Jurassic period with a long slender head and neck |
| 29% | JACKDAW | 7 | Bird of the crow family with a silvery sheen to the back of its head |
| 29% | SHIRT | 5 | Western ___, piece of men's clothing with a stylized yoke on the front and back |
| 29% | COMMA | 5 | Orange and brown European butterfly with a white mark on the underside of each hind wing |
| 29% | TINKERTAILOR | 12 | "___ Soldier, Spy," a 2011 spy film starring Tom Hardy along with the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Firth: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LAP | 3 | Length of a pool and back |
| 28% | TRAMLINES | 9 | Parallel lines along the length of a tennis court |
| 28% | SMOKE | 5 | If it's white at the Vatican it's a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose and Greek pitch |
| 28% | TUI | 3 | New Zealand bird of the honeyeater family with a bluish-green plumage and white tuft under the throat |
| 28% | MANE | 4 | Hair on the back of the neck |
| 28% | COWLICK | 7 | Hair with a mind of its own |
| 28% | MRSANDMAN | 9 | Classic song with the line "Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci / And lots of wavy hair like Liberace" |
| 28% | ADIEU | 5 | It comes with a parting of the ways |
| 28% | DANTON | 6 | Georges who was a key member of the Jacobin Club, along with Robespierre and Marat |
| 28% | THECIDERHOUSELURES | 18 | Story of a youth who says to hell with it and goes to the pub? |
| 28% | HANNIBAL | 8 | 2001 film which is a sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" and stars Julianne Moore along with Anthony Hopkins |